OUR TEAM

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

Gopinadhan Kalon

Kanchan and Harilal Doshi Chair

Associate Professor

Physics| Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India

Qualifications

BSc: Calicut University Kerala, 1997
MSc: Calicut University Campus Kerala, 1999
MTech: IIT Kanpur, 2002
Ph.D.: IIT Delhi, 2008

Achievements

Marie Curie Fellow of the Week, Apr 14, 2017, European Commission
Marie Curie International Fellowship 2015 with Nobel laureate Prof. Andre K. Geim
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Dec 1999
Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India, Feb 2000, 95.4 Percentile, AIR: 69
CSIR JRF June 2000 (Top 20% among CSIR qualified candidates)
Invitation for Shyama Prasad Fellowship Test, July 2001

PRIME MINISTER'S RESEARCH FELLOW

Aparna Rathi

B.Sc.(H) Physics: University of Delhi, 2017

M.Sc. Physics: IIT Gandhinagar, 2020

Email Address: aparna.rathi@iitgn.ac.in

Joined Ph.D.: 2021

Research Topic: Fabrication of mechanically stable two-dimensional vermiculite laminates and understanding its molecular and ionic transport mechanisms for filtration and energy harvesting applications.

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Naressh Kumar R

BS-MS Dual Degree: IISER Pune, 2020

Email: krnaressh@iitgn.ac.in

Joined Ph.D.: 2022

Research Topic: Synthesis of novel 2D Materials using the CVD process and exploring their electronic and magnetic properties

Ritika Pahwa

B.Sc.: Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 2020

M.Sc. Physics : IIT Gandhinagar, 2022

Email: 20510107@iitgn.ac.in

Joined Ph.D.: 2023

Dujendra Singh

BS-MS Dual degree: IISER Bhopal, 2023

M.Sc. Physics : IIT Gandhinagar, 2022

Email: dujendra.singh@iitgn.ac.in

Joined Ph.D.: 2024

Nikita Ahlawat

B.Sc. (H) Physics: University of Delhi, 2022

M.Sc. Physics: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, A Central University, Lucknow, 2024

Email: nikita.ahlawat@iitgn.ac.in

Joined Ph.D.: 2025

MASTER'S STUDENTS

Karna Patel

B.Sc. Physics: St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, 2024

Email: karna.patel@iitgn.ac.in

Kaveri Yadav

B.Sc. B.Ed.: R.R.M.B.U. Alwar, Rajasthan

Email: kaveri.yadav@iitgn.ac.in

Niyaz Ansari

B.Sc. Physics: Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Email: niyaz.ansari@iitgn.ac.in

ALUMNI

Animesh Puzari, M.Sc. (2023-2024)

Current Position: Ph.D. Aalto University, Finland

Pratik Saud, M.Sc. (2022-2023)

Current Position: Ph.D. University of Utah

Pratyush Saud, M.Sc. (2022-2023)

Current Position: Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania

Shivam Parmar, M. Tech (Work & Study) (2021-2024)

Current Position: Ph.D. North Texas (UNT), Denton, USA

Sangeeta, M.Sc. (2022-2023)

Current Position: Joint Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur and University of Manchester, England

Urmila Regar, M.Sc. (2021-2022)

Current Position: Ph.D. Linköping University, Sweden

Mithun Ravichandran, B. Tech (2022)

Current Position: Master's in Materials science and Engineering, University of Washington

Dhruv Bukinkere, B. Tech (2022)

Current Position: Master's in Materials science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)

Shiva Sankar Nemala, Post Doctoral Fellow (2019-2021)

Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow at International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Gagan Bhatt, M.Sc. (2019-2021)

Current Position: Ph.D. University of New South Wales, Australia

Siddharth Gangwar, M.Sc. (2019-2021)

Current Position: Physics Faculty (CSIR NET & IIT JAM) at IFAS Edutech Private Limited, India

Neha Singh, M.Sc. (2018-2020)

Current Position: Ph.D. IIT Delhi

Ayush Kant Ranga, M.Sc. (2018-2020)

Current Position: Ph.D. Jacobs University, Germany

Greeshma C R, B. Tech

Current Position: Master's in Materials science and Engineering, Texas A&M University

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